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January 2, 2014Comments Off on Mysterious Crop Circle Removed by Land Owner

The elaborate crop circle that appeared in farmland south of San Francisco is gone. KSBW-TV reported the owner of the land ordered a crew to plow the field under to keep hundreds of curiosity seekers away. How the intricate design got there in the first place is still a mystery. A photographer took a picture of the giant crop circle ...

Juan Miguel Bejar was arrested on Saturday night, December 28, 2013, in the City of Ventura after an approximate two hour standoff with the Ventura Police Department’s S.W.A.T team. Ventura Police Officers attempted to contact Bejar in the 100 block of West Simpson Street shortly before midnight. During the contact officers heard a possible gunshot from inside the residence prompting ...

December 31, 2013Comments Off on Man Arrested For Brandishing Knife In Public

On December 30, 2013 at approximately 7:20 PM John Ensor was in an altercation with several males near the intersection of Higuera and Chorro. Ensor pulled a knife out and held it over his head in a threatening manner. An off duty officer was walking with his family and saw this incident unfold. The off duty officer saw a threat ...

December 31, 2013Comments Off on Fire Engines Respond To Vegetation Fire In Atascadero

There was a vegetation fire on Graves Creek Road in Atascadero yesterday afternoon about 1:44. First arriving engines found approximately a ½ acre of grass on fire with no threat to structures. It took 10 minutes to contain the fire and 45 minutes for mop up and investigation. There were no injuries. The fire originated in an open field utilized ...

December 31, 2013Comments Off on Fire Started By Illegal Barbecue Threatened Storage Buildings

And a fire started by an illegal barbecue Monday night threatened to set ablaze storage buildings on the 2200 block of Cienaga Street in Oceano. Fire officials arrived on scene just after 7. Firefighters arrived to find a blaze at the base of very large tree adjacent to multiple single-story storage buildings. Ground crews doused overhanging branches with water and ...

December 31, 2013Comments Off on AAA San Luis Obispo Offers Free Tow Services To Drivers For New Year’s Eve

AAA in San Luis Obispo County is offering Tipsy Tow services to all drivers, membership not required on New Year's Eve/morning from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Drivers, potential passengers, party hosts, bartenders, and restaurant managers can call 800-222-4357 (AAA-HELP) for a free tow home of up to 10 miles. Just tell the AAA operator, "I need a Tipsy Tow," ...

December 31, 2013Comments Off on Mysterious Crop Circles Found In Salinas Valley

Space aliens may have landed in the Salinas Valley. Two friends driving on Chualar Canyon Road Sunday afternoon witnessed green, flashing lights on the horizon and posted their experience on YouTube. A photographer took a picture of giant crop circles found in the same area yesterday morning after flying over the farm by coincidence. As of last night, no one ...

The Paso Robles Police Department held an “AVOID the 14” DUI/CDL traffic enforcement checkpoint on Saturday, December 28 from 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. in the 1300 block of Spring Street in the City of Paso Robles. During the hours of operation, 275 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, with officers screening 211 drivers. 2 motorists were issued traffic citations for ...

December 30, 2013Comments Off on Representative Capps To Hold Press Conference On Bipartisan Bill

Rep. Lois Capps today will hold a press conference to announce a bipartisan bill she authored that will protect firefighters, many of them local. The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, which Capps introduced with Republican Rep. Pat Meehan (PA-07), would help federal fire fighters harmed through the hazards of their service obtain disability benefits the same way local firefighters do. This ...

December 30, 2013Comments Off on SLO County On Silver Screen Series Continues Through January

The SLO County on the Silver Screen series continues in January with another Hollywood movie filmed locally. In the winter of 2001, mega stars Sandra Bullock (Gravity, The Blind Side) and a very young Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Place Beyond the Pines) were in San Luis Obispo County shooting Barbet Schroeder’s murder/mystery, MURDER BY NUMBERS. Locals can see it again ...